ABF
CARLISLE
ROAD DRIVER
WORK
RULES
STANDARDS
UPDATED
12/22/2023
Local
776
Business
Agent
Ronald
W.
Hicks
Local
776
-717-233-8766
Reading
H&W
-
800-422-8330
Stewards
Chalmer
Edgin
-
814-599-3301
Scott
Green
-
570-417-9956
Garry
Teter
-717-262-8580
Randy
Whitehouse
-
717-360-2275
ABF
ROAD
BID
RULES
(Revised
12-15-2023)
1
.
All drivers must have
a
valid Photo I.D. Commercial Drivers License with
the
required
endorsements.
2. Bid
drivers
rested
will
run
ahead
of
the
Extra
Board.
3. Bids
will be no guarantee of
trip, subject to
freight and equipment or act of
God,
or
any
other
condition.
4. No
penalty
if
drivers
are
forced
to
go
through
or
are
put
to
bed
on
meet
turns
only.
Drivers
forced
to
go
through must be
sent
to
Carlisle
on
next
dispatch,
VIA or direct. Disputes of
penalty pay will be subject to the grievance
procedure.
5. All bids must be held for
a
period of
thirty (30) days. Any driver throwing
up
a
bid after thirty (30) days will go on
the
Extra Board in seniority order
and will not be allowed to get the same bid on
a
hold down for thirty (30)
days. Drivers will not be allowed to bid the same bid they got off
of
for
thirty
(30)
days.
6. Upon their
return,
those
off
on extended illness, extended injury, or leave of
absence will be allowed to bump any position that their seniority allows
them
to
hold.
7.
A
crossover from the
Local classification
to
the Road classification,
or
from
the Road classification to the Local classification, shall be permitted for
medical reasons and extreme crisis situations that are mutually recognized
by the Company and Union (such as death of
a
wife where children are
involved). Employees who cross over classifications shall be placed at the
bottom
of
the
Extra
Board
in
the
new
classification,
but
shall be
permitted
to
exercise
seniority in
the event of
a
classification
rebid and for
newly created
bids, or permanent bid vacancies, including vacancies that are the result of
death, terminations, resignation, retirement, or voluntarily vacating
a
bid,
etc. An employee who crosses classification shall not have any right to
return to their original classification until annual bid time. The Company
shall have the right to
a
second medical opinion by
a
Company designated
physician.
ABF
FREIGHT
SYSTEM,
INC.
By:
- - ____
8. Drivers must have
a
minimum of
ten (10) hours to be dispatched on
a
turn.
For
a
driver to run
a
layover, the driver must have 16 hours or any
combination of
hours totaling 16 and must be able to run
on
rest at the lay
point.
9. Order of
call-off
bid for
area bids
are:
Fast
area, West area,
East
area, South
area, and north area. Drivers have the option to refuse being called off
bid
provided
there
are
other
area
bid
drivers
available. An
area
lay
or
turn
driver
being
called off
bid
may
ask
whether
they
will
be
sent
on
a
lay,
turn,
or
open
before
deciding
if
they
want
to
be
called
off
bid.
10. Bid
area
drivers
may be
extended
to
a
non-bid
layover
point and put to
bed
if
the
driver
has
gone
through
one
of
their
bid
layover
points.
11. If
a
driver
is
called
off
bid
and
goes
to
the
extra
board,
the
extra
board
must
be
exhausted
at
the
time
the
driver
is
called off
bid.
If
there
is
a
choice
given
between the extra board and bid driver called off
bid,
the extra board driver
will
have
the
choice
of
loads
prior
to
the
bid
driver
being
called
off
bid.
12. If
you are working off
your bid at any point during your work week you
must notify dispatch at the window of
your intentions as well as write it on
your
TP-2
and
have
dispatch
or
coordinator
initial
it.
13. Whenever possible, drivers should call dispatch at least two (2) prior to
running out of
hours, company will continue to run the driver until out of
available
time.
ABF
ROAD
BID
RULES
ABF
FREIGHT
SYSTEM,
INC.
TEAMSTERS
LOCAL
776
ABF
WORK
STANDARDS
(Revised
12-15-2023)
1. Drivers, when arriving at Carlisle, may take an extra two (2)
hour extended
rest
period,
known
as
ERP. Drivers
cannot
ERP
themselves
out
of
work.
2. Drivers,
when arriving at
Carlisle, who
are
eligible
for
a
58-,
68-,
82-
or
92-
hour mark-off, may or may not take their ATO at their discretion, but may
take
it
at
a
later
date. Drivers
are
allowed
to
come
back
earlier.
3. Drivers can mark off
fatigue when called to work before
a
trip is offered.
Drivers will be placed back on board in eight (8)
hours, or ten (10) hours
if
the
driver
is
in
the
middle
of
a
trip.
4. Drivers have
a
thirty (30) minute grace period over their two (2) hour work
call or start time to arrive for work with no discipline. The driver will be
allowed
an
additional
30
minutes
with
no
discipline
being
issued,
beyond
the
2.5
hours
from
the
1
st
call
if
the
driver
is
delayed
due
to
no
fault
of
their
own
and notifies the Company prior to 2.5 hours from the
1
st
call. Drivers are
expected to be
at
the
terminal
and ready for
work
two
hours
from the call or
at
their
start
time.
5. An extra board driver may request to
hold for
a
turn for personal business.
Such
requests
will
not
be
unreasonably
denied.
6. Drivers are given
a
choice of
trips on the phone in seniority order, and if
there is
a
change
in the
dispatch
all choices are
re-dispatched at
the
window
in seniority order at
the dispatch time. Drivers not available at the window
will forfeit their choice of
trips that are
re-dispatched prior to
their arriving.
The Company has the right to change, substitute or cancel any or all loads
prior
to
dispatching
at
the
window
and
re-dispatched
in
seniority
order.
7
.
Drivers
can
list
two
(2)
phone
numbers
to
be
called
to
work.
8. Drivers
can
use
telephones
or
cellular
phones
for
work
calls.
9. The annual bid is
a
walk-in bid. Any other road classification re-bid within
that
year
is
also
a
walk-in
bid.